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Vol. 19, No. 2 Week of January 12, 2014
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


Hydraulic fracturing: an evolving scene

New techniques tackle concerns about environmental contamination, water usage and waste disposal while reducing production costs

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

By first creating a glut of cheap natural gas and then upping oil production to a point where U.S. output is set to surpass the country’s imports, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques in shale hydrocarbon resources have up-ended the U.S. energy scene. But, while shale oil and gas....

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